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L00A Search and Rescue Medical Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A Search and Rescue Medical Technician performs aircrew and Advanced Life Support enroute care for combat search and rescue, personnel recovery, tactical evacuation, and air ambulance operations. The technician treats routine illnesses and emergencies during in-flight, ship-to-ship, and ship-to-shore movement, administers approved protocol medications, uses emergency medical equipment and rescue and recovery devices, and applies patient handling and aeromedical movement techniques.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • In-flight advanced life support care
  • Ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore patient movement
  • Protocol-approved emergency medication administration
  • Rescue and recovery device operation

Civilian Career Paths

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Paramedics

Advanced life support, prehospital trauma care, protocol-approved medication administration, and care during evacuation directly overlap with paramedic patient care.

How to prepare: Arrange a training-record review with a CAAHEP-accredited paramedic program to plan the remaining steps: the cited National Registry pathway requires current National Registry certification or state licensure at EMT level or higher, completion of a CAAHEP-accredited or CoAEMSP Letter of Review paramedic program within the past two years, and passage of the National Registry examination. State authorization is required to practice; National Registry certification alone does not provide it.

What the civilian work involves
  • Administer drugs, orally or by injection, or perform intravenous procedures.
  • Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings.
  • Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • MEDITECH software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L00A

    [1] NEC entry "L00A - Search and Rescue Medical Technician"; cached text line 7305; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: In-flight advanced life support care, Ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore patient movement, Protocol-approved emergency medication administration, Rescue and recovery device operation, Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  2. O*NET: Paramedics

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  3. National Registry : Paramedic Full Education Program Pathway

    [3] Opening requirements list

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

  4. National Registry : Legal Differences Between Certification and Licensure

    [4] What if my state certifies, not licenses, EMS professionals?

    Supports: Paramedics (O*NET 29-2043.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L00A

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